- Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia (b.
The Bronx ,New York City ,New York ,March 1 ,1946 ) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing inwoodwind instrument s. He performs in the genres of contemporary music,jazz ,free jazz , andfree improvisation .Golia lives in
Los Angeles ,California and teaches at theCalifornia Institute of the Arts . He has performed throughout the United States, as well as inCanada ,Mexico ,Europe , andJapan . In 1982 he founded the 37-piece Vinny Golia Large Ensemble to perform his compositions.Golia has performed and/or recorded with many notable musicians, including
Anthony Braxton ,Henry Grimes , John Carter,Bobby Bradford ,Joëlle Léandre ,Wadada Leo Smith ,Horace Tapscott ,John Zorn ,Tim Berne ,Bertram Turetzky , George Lewis,Barre Phillips ,Rova Saxophone Quartet ,Patti Smith , Harry "the Hipster" Gibson,Eugene Chadbourne ,Kevin Ayers , Andrea Centazzo,Peter Kowald ,John Bergamo ,George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band,Misha Mengelberg ,Nels Cline ,Han Bennink ,Lydia Lunch ,Harry Sparnaay , and theLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra .Golia also founded the jazz record label
Nine Winds in 1977.Instruments
Golia performs on a wide array of instruments, which include:
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Flute s
**Piccolo (D-flat)
**G flute
**C flute
**Alto flute
**Bass flute
**Contrabass flute
**Ney
**Wooden flutes
*English horn
*Clarinet s
**A-flat clarinet
**E-flat clarinet
**B-flat clarinet
**A clarinet
**Alto clarinet
**Bass clarinet
**Contra-alto clarinet
**Contrabass clarinet
*saxophone s
**Soprillo
**Sopranino saxophone
**Soprano saxophone
**Saxello
**Stritch (straight alto saxophone)
**Tenor saxophone
**Baritone saxophone
**Bass saxophone
**Tubax
*Bassoon
**Contrabassoon
*Tarogato External links
* [http://www.vinnygolia.com/ Vinny Golia official site]
* [http://www.ninewinds.com/Artists/golia.html Vinny Golia page] from Nine Winds Records site
* [http://members.aol.com/ninewinds/BIOS/golia.html Vinny Golia page] from old Nine Winds Records site
* [http://www.calarts.edu/schools/music/faculty/golia.html Vinny Golia faculty page] from California Institute of the Arts siteInterviews
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17192 "A Fireside Chat With Vinny Golia] , by Fred Jung, from "All About Jazz" site (2005)
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/jazzosphere/golia.htm Vinny Golia interview] from JazzoSphère siteListening
Vinny Golia at the SASSAS/sound. concert archives
* [http://www.soundnet.org/concerts/mov_refs/2000.shtml#VG-MT Duet with Mark Trayle and group improv 3/00]
* [http://www.soundnet.org/concerts/mov_refs/2000.shtml#horns Solo performance 7/00]
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